Photos: How Should Bill de Blasio Decorate Gracie Mansion?

Famously, Mayor Michael Bloomberg neglected to live in the mansion provided to him by the City of New York in favor of the much better mansion he provided for himself. As such, Gracie Mansion, historically the riverside homestead of New York’s mayor, has been empty for the entirety of Bloomberg’s 1,000-year reign.

Wisely, prior to yesterday’s election, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio declined to speculate about whether he would move in. But now that he is mayor-elect, the Brooklyn resident must at some point, answer the question. As he told reporters today: “As you may have noticed, there are four strong personalities in the family, one of whom–Mr. Dante de Blasio–has strong feelings about proximity to his high school. Obviously we wanted to get through last night, not be presumptuous, but now there’s a very serious family discussion that has to be had about what makes sense going forward.”

What follows are helpful design suggestions—crafted specifically to appeal to de Blasio’s leftist, earnest, un-flashy, slightly pretentious tastes—that might sway the First Family to-be toward seeing the new space as a thing of wondrous possibility.

This mantel is the perfect width for unframed Japanese Breathless posters.

All Gracie Mansion photos courtesy of NYC.gov.

Bloombergian stodginess of foyer is easily “lightened up a little” with ironic leg lamps and Ronald Reagan cut-out (also ironic).

All food grown in carbon-neutral indoor garden.

Mural, likely painted by member of an oppressor-class, replaced by populist chalkboard paint. Everyone is an artist deserving of a medium to tell her own story.

A sweatshop-free, hand-woven Che Guevera rug thrown nonchalantly on the carpet adds just a touch of class (warfare).